Within easy reach of the John Radcliffe Hospital and world-famous University Parks, a terraced house there goes for £238,250 compared to one around the corner at £280,500, or 15 per cent more.

Experts calculated the average saving for buying a home on a street with a rude name was £84,000.

Scott Green, chief executive of needaproperty.com, said: “While living in a street with a funny or rude name might be a fun conversation starter or source of dinner party banter, it might not be so good when it comes to selling your house.

“However, with an embarrassing street name causing such a big difference in a property’s value, it seems there are bargains to be had for those who don’t mind a bit of innuendo.”

Living in an X-rated street is one thing, but spare a thought for the inhabitants of some of the towns and villages with the raciest names in Britain...and they are all in Sussex.

Delivering mail to those in Balls Cross, near Petworth, Cocking, near Midhurst, Titty Hill, near Chichester, Upper Dicker and Lower Dicker, both near Eastbourne, is enough to make any postman blush.